Early Music Missouri's 2023 Holiday Program features a vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra performing sacred music of the season by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. EMMo offers Charpentier's best known music for the Christmas season including the "Messe de minuit pour Noël," a mass based on French Christmas songs and his instrumental setting of these same traditional tunes, "Noëls …

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Join us for a festive holiday celebration with one of America’s most beloved ensembles! This vocal and instrumental program features carols and dance tunes from the British Isles, Germany, France, Spain, and the New World.

Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicago’s flagship ensemble covering the full spectrum of classical chamber music, will present a “Holiday Baroque” program December 1 and 3, 2023, that opens with a shimmering showpiece for soprano and trumpet: George Frideric Handel’s aria “Let the Bright Seraphim” in D Major from his oratorio “Samson,” HWV 57. Antonio Vivaldi’s charming …

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Timeless. Joyful. Lustrous. Boston Baroque celebrates the holiday season with the GRAMMY®-nominated, complete version of Handel’s Messiah, 42 years after presenting the first Boston period-instrument performances of the complete oratorio in 1981. Discover all the glorious delights of this cherished yearly musical tradition with our stellar orchestra, chorus, and world-renown soloists. 2 hour 55 minutes …

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Freelance Nun, Alkemie's sister-ensemble, shares a concert of the music of Hildegard von Bingen, played with synthesizers, electric guitars, medieval harps with guitar pedals, and early winds on Sunday, December 3 in Ridgewood, NYC. Doors are at 6:30; the concert is at 7:00 p.m. The venue address is shared after you RSVP (the day before …

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Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …

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Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun. We perform early music from across the British Isles and Europe including familiar carols, wintry consorts, festive wassailing songs, Renaissance dances, Scottish tunes, and always a surprise or two. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed! Stay for a …

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Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to …

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Exploring a Wealth of Beauty from Italian Convents We are excited to present this all-female program for treble voices in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street and the treble vocalists of Downtown Voices, under guest director Elena Williamson. This program celebrates music from 17th century Italian convents in what may seem an unlikely place for a …

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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will welcome soprano Clara Rottsolk for its annual holiday concerts. This year’s program aims to evoke a distinct sense of the place, taking listeners to the regions of Bavaria and Swabia to hear music that would have been played in churches and homes in cities like Nuremberg, Heidelberg, and Augsburg.   Playlist …

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Rejoice! The beloved holiday tradition returns featuring Handel’s complete oratorio. Discover why the Messiah is one of the most-performed works in history, and experience it as it was meant to be heard performed on period instruments. Directed by illustrious guest artist John Butt, this year’s concert features professional chorus Cappella Romana and world-class soloists soprano …

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Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to …

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Messiah vis à vis El Mesías G.F. HANDEL MESSIAH (Full Performance) Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, with performances both in English and Spanish featuring BCSD's commissioned Spanish libretto by Mario Montenegro, and delivered with BCSD's customary virtuosity and vibrancy. The final performance on December 12 at Centro Cultural Tijuana will form part of a joint celebration …

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Celebrate the season with celestial works from Spain & New Spain. Music by Iribarren, Salazar, others, including Zumaya, the first Mexican classical composer of indigenous descent. With guests from ensemble La Fontegara of Mexico. Featuring soprano Adriana Ruiz & mezzo-soprano Hilary Anne Walker

Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to …

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On Saturday, December 9, 7 p.m. at Blue Hill First Congregational Church, Blue Hill Bach will join forces with Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) to perform Christmas selections of Handel’s Messiah. Under the direction of conductor George Emlen, a small ensemble of some of the area’s finest Baroque musicians will perform using Handel’s original instrumentation. …

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Messiah vis à vis El Mesías G.F. HANDEL MESSIAH (Full Performance) Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, with performances both in English and Spanish featuring BCSD's commissioned Spanish libretto by Mario Montenegro, and delivered with BCSD's customary virtuosity and vibrancy. The final performance on December 12 at Centro Cultural Tijuana will form part of a joint celebration …

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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will welcome soprano Clara Rottsolk for its annual holiday concerts in charming Chestnut Hill, PA. This year’s program aims to evoke a distinct sense of the place, taking listeners to the regions of Bavaria and Swabia to hear music that would have been played in churches and homes in cities like …

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Rejoice! The beloved holiday tradition returns featuring Handel’s complete oratorio. Discover why the Messiah is one of the most-performed works in history, and experience it as it was meant to be heard performed on period instruments. Directed by illustrious guest artist John Butt, this year’s concert features professional chorus Cappella Romana and world-class soloists soprano …

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